The relationship between VO2 max, power output, and endurance | Peter Attia and Olav Aleksander Bu

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This clip is from episode 294 - Peak athletic performance: How to measure it and how to train for it from the coach of the most elite athletes on earth with Olav Aleksander Bu. Olav is an internationally renowned sports scientist acclaimed for his coaching prowess with elite athletes spanning a diverse range of sports disciplines.

In this clip, they discuss:

Why VO2 max is not the greatest predictor of exceptional human performance
What is the best proxy surrogate metric for VO2 max when measuring for cylcing performance?
Is power at VO2 max a more insightful metric than VO2 max alone, for measuring athletic performance?
And more

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